The Cinco de Mayo Dinner Cruise was a spectacular evening! We danced our way onto the huge catamaran with DJ Vendetta. He played our favorite tunes and any request we had. Dinner was grilled by the E&A staff. Tons of choices from brats to hamburgers and different kinds chicken sausage. I think my favorite was the brats. The DJ turned up the music and we danced. Can you believe there was enough room to dance on a boat?! We laughed, we conga lined, we made new friends and had a fantastic time! I can hardly wait until the 4th of July Dinner Cruise! That one includes swimming and fireworks! Events And Adventures Dallas
After nearly 30 hours for flights and transfers we all got to Athens !!!
Even with the travel/jetlag we are all exited to be in Greece and starting our adventure.
The first night we had a welcoming dinner in the heart of Athens old town and not far from the Acropolis, the restaurant that was picked by our guides was perfect. a true Greek favorite as the photos on the
walls of the owner and his family with so many of Greece's famous and other well known world wide bid shots showed us.
As a kid in school you learn about Greek history and it some how seen so unreal, but when you get to walk right up to the pillars of the Parthenon and hear from our guides just how this was all made and what they were thinking at the time this was being built it becomes a image
that will be with you for the rest of there life.
I can't wait to write more next week about the Greek islands we are heading to. Events And Adventures Travel
Really! How can you not have fun running around town with a team trying to beat other teams? Whether it’s a figure-out-where-you-need-to-be question or a silly photo op, how can you resist? Wanna make it better? Add some silly costumes and water guns. I think we were out of breath from laughing so hard, not running from place to place. We gathered after to refuel and rehash our challenges. It was great! Events And Adventures Dallas
Remember Wiffle Ball as a kid? Add bumper cars and a basketball backboard and you have the madness that is WhirlyBall. I swear my steering arm will be sore for a week. It’s a good thing the steering systems are metal; I’d have pulled or pushed that handle off. Not that cranking on it makes it go or turn faster but with the adrenaline pumping and all that laughing I just couldn’t help it. We played 5 minute games so everyone got time to play and time to socialize. There were so many new members I’d never met. I think they came out of the woodwork. Now if only I had good enough aim to hit the bulls eye and get the ever elusive 3 points!
I love meeting new members and watching them bloom. At the new member ice breaker we did a couple introduction games that were fun, easy and not uncomfortable like so many are. They got people talking but didn’t put anyone on the spot but really got them engaged. Then many of the existing members joined us for games night after the ice breaker. People started opening up. They met existing members who have been around for 2 months or even 2 years. They realized everyone here is just like them. Single. And wanting to get out and do something fun. We play some games. Board games. People love board games. It gives them easy conversation topics. By the end of the evening the IT guy that was scared to walk in the door turned into the clever smiley guy and the hesitant divorcee turns into a confident cool chick that made 2 new friends she’s going to go running with next week. And this was the first event for both! I know in the coming weeks I’ll see them both again. It’s awesome to see new members become excited to attend events because they know their new friends are going to be there. The smile that beams across their face when they are greeted like Norm on Cheers is priceless. Events And Adventures Dallas
We try all kinds of new activities at Events and Adventures. Sometimes it’s the ‘regular’ stuff that is a favorite. We have such a good time going dancing. We have 30-40 people that show up. Some dance, some just come to socialize and others even come for the bull riding! It’s so nice to have a large group to go dancing with. We get a space reserved so we don’t have to worry about losing our table or drinks. There’s always someone dance with, lots of people to visit with and not have to wonder what they want from you and even people to watch your purse when you go dance! At Red River the DJ before the band is quiet enough for us to talk. The band is great and when they break they play pop dance hits for those that want to do the other kind of line dancing. Great, fun night everyone! Events And Adventures Dallas
Its Olympics time and E&A decided to get in on the theme. It’s too cold outside to go play without snow so we had Pub Olympics! Darts, pool, shuffle board, ping pong and bean bag toss. I’ve never seem so many mild mannered people talk smack. Janean was so good at ping pong the guys she beat were totally defeated as she blew through each game. After she beat each one she just sat there with a little smirk. At the end of the last game the smile on her face was worth way more than her medal. It was a fun, long evening. The guys won in the end. In a tie (each had one first place and one second place) Tom took the All Around win with a Rochambeau of paper covers rock against over Lindsay. Way to go Tom! Events And Adventures Dallas
